Head Teacher - Westpark School

Aberdeen City Council; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job description

Please note that with effect from 1 April 2023, where a role requires PVG membership, candidates will be required to meet the cost of the PVG membership. This applies only to roles with a full-time equivalent salary of £30,000 and above. (Teaching roles and jobs at Grade 11 and above (currently £30,285 per annum / £16.64 per hour)

The Council will pay for the PVG membership cost initially, either £18 for existing PVG scheme members, or £59 for non-members, and this cost will be deducted from an employee’s first FULL month’s salary payment.

Job purpose/about the role

To lead and manage the affairs of the school enabling the delivery of quality education through the appropriate involvement of the pupils, staff, parents, multi-disciplinary agencies and the communities it serves. This will be done in accordance with the authority’s strategic plan, the school’s/service’s improvement/service plans, the national improvement framework drivers and outcomes, in accordance with current legislation and within national and local agreements.

Under Section 28 of the Education (Scotland) Act 2016, it is a pre-requisite for all teachers taking up their first permanent Head Teacher position to hold the Standard for Headship. If this is applicable to you, and you do not already hold this, you must be willing and able to achieve the Standard for Headship within 30 months of taking up the role.

The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:

• Full GTC Registration (Scotland)
• PVG scheme membership – Working with Children
• Evidence of career long professional learning and participation in professional update
• Evidence of experience in successfully leading and managing change and securing school improvement
• Demonstrable experience in a senior leadership post in an appropriate setting
• Experience of senior management responsibility in appropriate educational environment
• Knowledge of the cycle of school improvement planning and resource allocation
• Knowledge of the operation of effective self-evaluation for improvement, quality improvement processes and procedures and the production of Standards & Quality reports
• Clear working knowledge of current initiatives and priorities in education
• Knowledge and understanding of the provisions of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 2003
• Effective management of human resourcing matters including industrial/employee relations and health and safety whilst continually improving performance of self and others in order to achieve excellence in service delivery and organisational capability
• Strategic thinking, organisational and motivational skills
• High order interpersonal skills to facilitate effective communication with colleagues, pupils, parents/carers and partners
• Ability to promote and deliver equality of opportunity to staff and service users
• Setting and securing high expectations and standards through the provision of professional advice, reviewing professional needs and performance and supporting career long professional learning of colleagues

About Us

Please see the Job Profile for further details.

We are happy to talk flexible working and offer flexible working for most roles in the organisation meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you consider yourself to have a disability and think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for this part of the selection process, or would like further information in relation to reasonable adjustments, please contact [e-mail].

We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a silver award recipient in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We have a specific email address for those in the forces, those who have left the forces, as well as their partners/spouses/families: [e-mail]. We are able to answer questions about jobs and our application/selection process, as well as about our employee support provisions.

We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role they are applying for who:

• have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 (all jobs)
• looked after young people, those that are in continuing care or are a care leaver up to the age of 29 (all jobs)
• are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
• have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship
• are New Scots* aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships

*"New Scots" are defined as refugees and asylum seekers who are in Scottish communities and include those who have been granted refugee status or another form of humanitarian protection, people seeking asylum, those who have been refused asylum, and those whose application has been refused but who remain in Scotland.